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Many patients who present to district (first referral) level hospitals require surgical treatment for trauma, obstetric, abdominal or orthopaedic emergencies. Often surgery cannot be safely postponed to allow their transfer to a secondary or tertiary-level hospital, but many district hospitals in developing countries have no specialist surgical teams and are staffed by medical nursing and paramedical personnel who perform a wide range of surgical procedures, often with inadequate training. The quality of surgical acute care is often further constrained by poor facilities, inadequate, low-technology apparatus and limited supplies of drugs, materials and other essentials.; The mission of the team responsible for devices and clinical technology in the World Health Organization Department of Blood Safety and Clinical Technology is to promote the quality of clinical care through the identification, promotion and standardization of appropriate procedures, equipment and materials, particularly at district hospital l

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